As Canada marks the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, provinces and territories face a push to recognize it as a statutory holiday.

New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut have declared Sept. 30 a statutory holiday along with the federal government.

Murray Sinclair, the former head of CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Truth and Reconciliation Commission, pointed out at a national event in Ottawa that many governments quickly moved to recognize the death of the queen, and he urged the same courtesy for residential school survivors.

B次元官网网址淭his is not a radical concept, to pause and to reflect. You do so for other days and occurrences throughout your life quite routinely,B次元官网网址� he said, highlighting Remembrance Day on Nov. 11.

In B.C., the First Nations Leadership Council said it was deeply concerned that the province had not designated Sept. 30 a statutory holiday.

Regional Chief Terry Teegee of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations said nearly three years after the provincial government adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the failure to designate Sept. 30 as a statutory holiday B次元官网网址渋s a grave impedimentB次元官网网址� to the reconciliation process.

B次元官网网址淥ne day out of the year dedicated to honouring survivors and sitting with their stories is not too much to ask. If the province of British Columbia is genuinely committed to reconciliation, they must prioritize public commemoration of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a vital part of our societyB次元官网网址檚 reconciliation process,B次元官网网址� Teegee said in a statement.

B.C.B次元官网网址檚 Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation said in a statement that the province is talking with Indigenous people about what the day will look like in the future.

B次元官网网址淲e are focused on working with Indigenous leadership and communities to mark September 30th in the manner that is consistent with how they would like to see they day marked in years to come,B次元官网网址� the ministry said.

Sinclair said the day was envisioned to be B次元官网网址渁 day of intention, reflection and discussion.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淔or Canadians to take a day out of their lives to lend their ears and their hearts to survivors, listen to them and to resolve to do better in the next 364 days that follow until the next national day,B次元官网网址� he said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a crowd in Niagara Falls, Ont., on Friday that truth and reconciliation arenB次元官网网址檛 just things of the past.

B次元官网网址淚t is a day to remember, to grieve and take another step along healing. But it is also a day for non-Indigenous people to recognize that you should not have to carry this burden alone,B次元官网网址� he told the crowd.

B次元官网网址淗ow many times do Indigenous Peoples have to tell their stories of trauma, of loss, of pain, of grief, until we absorb those stories and make them our own? Because they, too, are the story of Canada, and therefore, they, too, are the story of each of us.B次元官网网址�

In Yukon, NDP Leader Kate White said the party will be tabling a private memberB次元官网网址檚 bill to make the day a statutory holiday in the territory.

Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade said Sept. 30 should be a statutory holiday, but Premier Fran莽ois Legault has said Quebecer needs more B次元官网网址減roductivity,B次元官网网址� not another day off.

B次元官网网址擜shley Joannou, The Canadian Press